10 Team Beers for This Year's MLB Playoffs

The MLB postseason picture has become clear this week, with the exception of two sudden-death games Friday night that will seal the fates of four wild-card hopefuls. Here in St. Louis, Cardinals Nation will be huddled around television screens as the Redbirds slug it out against the Braves in Atlanta. The wise ones among us will be doing so with fresh pints of Divided Sky, a bright, hoppy IPA brimming with tangerine aromas, from St. Louis's 4 Hands Brewing Co. The brewery is located almost in the shadows of Busch Stadium, where the Cardinals will play again this month. Here, Divided Sky and nine other beers I suggest for hometown fans this postseason — plus the winning team, if this were all about beer.

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Evan S. Benn is the food critic and beer columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. His Hip Hops column, blog, and beer app can be found at stltoday.com/hiphops, and you can buy his book here. You can also follow him on Twitter and Facebook.